Southwest Information Office

New Orleans

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
New Orleans Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Apr 2026
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	May 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in New Orleans-Metairie — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2025
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Louisiana	Workplace fatalities	Table	Feb 2026
Consumer Price Index, South Region — April 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	May 2026
Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana — Third Quarter 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Mar 2026

New Orleans-Metairie, LA Economy at a Glance:

New Orleans-Metairie, LA

Data Series	Back Data	Nov 2025	Dec 2025	Jan 2026	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		(2)476.6	(2)470.9	463.0	469.6	(p)469.1
Employment(1)		(2)455.9	(2)452.0	441.7	448.4	(p)448.1
Unemployment(1)		(2)20.7	(2)18.9	21.4	21.2	(p)21.1
Unemployment Rate(3)		(2)4.3	(2)4.0	4.6	4.5	(p)4.5
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		476.3	473.4	465.7	470.2	469.6	(p)474.3
12-month % change		-1.2	-1.4	-1.6	-2.1	-1.0	(p)-0.6
Mining and Logging(4)		1.8	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	(p)1.7
12-month % change		0.0	-5.6	-5.6	-5.6	-5.6	(p)-5.6
Construction(4)		24.2	24.3	24.4	24.6	25.1	(p)25.8
12-month % change		0.4	3.4	0.8	0.4	2.4	(p)6.2
Manufacturing(4)		26.2	26.2	25.9	26.0	26.1	(p)26.0
12-month % change		-0.4	-0.8	-1.5	-1.1	0.0	(p)-0.8
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		86.2	87.7	84.9	84.2	84.0	(p)84.0
12-month % change		-3.5	-2.4	-2.0	-2.4	-2.0	(p)-2.0
Information(4)		5.4	5.2	4.8	5.1	5.0	(p)5.1
12-month % change		-22.9	-23.5	-17.2	-26.1	-13.8	(p)-12.1
Financial Activities(4)		23.6	23.7	23.8	24.0	23.9	(p)23.8
12-month % change		-0.4	0.9	2.6	3.0	3.0	(p)2.6
Professional and Business Services(4)		65.1	63.3	62.2	63.7	63.5	(p)64.3
12-month % change		0.6	-0.9	-3.1	-3.5	-0.6	(p)0.8
Education and Health Services(4)		97.0	95.7	94.9	95.1	95.1	(p)96.7
12-month % change		0.5	-0.3	-1.2	-1.8	-1.1	(p)-1.8
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		69.2	68.9	67.0	68.8	68.2	(p)67.8
12-month % change		-3.6	-4.6	-3.9	-4.3	-3.7	(p)-4.8
Other Services(4)		20.3	20.4	20.1	20.3	20.3	(p)20.5
12-month % change		-1.0	0.5	-0.5	0.0	-0.5	(p)-1.0
Government(4)		57.3	56.3	56.0	56.7	56.7	(p)58.6
12-month % change		1.6	1.1	1.1	1.3	1.3	(p)4.5
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data were subject to revision on May 19, 2026. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary